Street-car.



G. C. UREW$ON.

STREET UAR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 15, 1911 1,013,376; K Patented Jan. 2, 1912 s SHEETSSHEET 1.

O. C. GREWSON.

STREET GAR.

APPLIOATION FILED'MAY 15, 1911.

Patented Jan. 2, 1912.

3 SHEETSSHEET 2.

ii??? A lllll V G. O. GRBWSON.

STREET GAP.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 15, 1911.

Patented Jan.2,1912.

3SHEETSSHEET 3.

CHARLES C. CREWSON, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

STREET-CAR.

I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 2,1912.

Application filed May 15, 1911. Serial No. 627,363.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, CHARLES C. CBEWSON, a citizen of the .United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain-new and useful Improvements in Street-Cars, of-

' which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to street cars of the payas-you-entertype, and has for its object the production of a car having an end portion or vestibule provided with an inclined.

floor rising gradually from the level of the platform entrance to the plane of the'floor of the car body. An inclined floor; for the vestibule has two chief-advantages: it tends to induce the passengers to enter'the .car

body as they will'find it uncomfortable to stand for any period of time upon the incline,- andit permits of a car being built with its entrance considerably lower than thatof "the prsent'type of cars and'thus reduces the height of the step from the ground and the entranceway.

A further object isto provide the conductor with a small pedestal or stand elevated above the greater portion of the'inclined floor, and at thesame elevation as the floor of the car body, to enable him to more clearly observe the passengers" enteringand leaving the-car at the rearend' and those approachingthe car with the intention of entering the same. v

A further object is to provide-a car with either no rear bulkhead or partition between its body and the rear vestibule .or narrow bulkheads at each side so'that'the conductors view of the interior of the body ofthe car will be unobstructed to enable him to be readily signaled and to be clearly heard in 1 and leaving the car. The floor of the-vestiannouncing street intersect-ions. Another object is 'to prov1de a ,';.stepbetween the entrance side-of therplatform andthe conductors stand and the floor. of the! car body to enable passengers le'av-ing -thecar body to do so with greater ease and-con.-

venience than would be the case were not provided.

Another object 1s to .provide means -con-{ trollable by the conductor. on his stand, for opening and closing the door controlling"? entrance to the car, or the door controlling I exit from the car.

WVith these and other objects in view as hereinafter appear, the invention consists in certain novel and peculiar features'of construction and organization as hereinafter described and claimed; and in order that it hidden. Fig. 2, is a horizontal section taken 311st belowthe roof of the extension or vestibule of the car body. Fig. 3, is a detail perspective vlew illustrating more particularly the preferred construction of the lower part of the vestibule and showing its relation to the floor of the. car body. Fig.4, is

a vertical section on the line IV IV of Fig. 6, to more clearly disclose the handle by which the entrance door is opened or closed and secured in such positions. Fig. '5, is an enlarged vertical section on the llne V-'V of Fig. 2. Fig. 6, is an enlarged horizontal sectlon on the line VIVI of Fig. 1. Fig. 7 1s a. view of the inner side of the double doorand ad acentparts. Fig. 8, is a" side view of the notched collar constituting an 30 element of the means for locking'the double door in clgsed or open position. v In the s 1d drawings, 1 indicates the body o'fa street car, and 2 the extension or vestlbule thereof, ,3 indicating the opening be- Itlwieen the-body and the extension -or vestiu e. 1 4 indicatesend walls or bulkheads which extend inwardly from the sides of the car body at its junc'tionwith the extension ior vestlbule, though these bulkheads are not in* dlspens'able. l At its outer side the vestibule has a side opening 5, and adjacentthereto the customary side step 6 for convenience in entering bu'le adjacent to the side opening is located a considerable distance below the planev of the floor of the body of the car and is identigreatest convenience, a step 8 divides the space between the; platform 7 and the floor ofthe body of the car outward of the longitudinal center of the latter. At the inner sideof said step'8 is the conductors stand '9, the same being substantially U-shape in plan view and disposed in substantial alinement with the longitudinal center of the car and flush with the'fioor thereof, that portion of the standextending forwardly to the floor of the car tapering as at 10, so as to leave as accompanying drawings, in

much unobstructed space as possible between it and the bulkheads.

11 indicates an inclined floor extending from platform 7 around the stand 9 to the floor of the car at the left-hand side of said stand, this floor tapering gradually from the plane of platform 7 upto the plane of the floor of the car and constituting the path which the passengers must'follow to enter the car, and .in this connection it. will be noted that the conductor upon the elevated stand will have'all of the passengers under observation, it being further noted that the bulkhead at the left hand side of the car will compel the passengers in entering the body of the car, to approach within reaching distanceof the conductor and thus-reduce the chance of any one entering without "paying his fare. The entrance end of the inclined sponding to that which the entrance door 13 floor preferably describes a curve 12, corredescribes in opening and closing, said door being. hinged at 14 to a standard 15, extending from the platform 7 to the upper part of the vestibule, and secured to said standard-is a handle 16 to be grasped by passengers in stepping into or from the car, similar handles 17 and 18being'secured to thecar at opposite sides of the doorway.

19 indicates a door controllingthe exit from the .car, hinged .to standard 15 coincidental with door 13, and adapted to swing inwardly.

. 20 is a door hinged at 21 to door 19,-to swing outwardly, the two-doors constituting a folding door of the type in common use on street cars, .and said door or member 20 is provided at its inner corner with a pin or roller 22 en aging a horizontal guide bar 23 secured to t e vestibule just'above the door opening, so that when the double door is opened, thef'ree end of the-door member 20 will move in a plane longitudinally of the its j coupling the too car from a point adjacent to the car body to a point adjacent to the standard 15, as indi- .cated in Fig. 2, and projecting inwardly from door member 20 near its hinged edge, is a bracket 24, for a purpose-which hereinafter appears.

25 is a tubular post extending from the conductorsstand 9. near the body of the car, nearly to the top of the-vestibule and securedrigidly in posit on in any suitable manner. Near the outer cprner of the stand, a tubular post 26 is erected thereon, and secured to the-post 26' adjacent' to its upper end, is a 27,- connected by-an elbow 28 to of the'vestibule as at 29. 30 is a third post secured uponthe stand 9, the same beinggabout waist high, and secured upon "said-post and at its'ends to posts 25 and 26, s-

shaped railing 31, which prevents passen gersafrom encroaching on'the conductors stand and also serves as'a protection for the conductor. 7 For the purpose of opening and ward from door 13, and adapted when the door is closed to bear against a part of the door frame'of the vestibule 2, as shown in Fig. 5. 40 is a collar secured on rod 36 with in the slotted sleeve and 41 is an expansion spring surrounding the rod and bearing at one end against said sleeve and said collar for the purpose of acting as a'cushion' as the door is closed, the sp'ring being adapted to yield should an object be caught between the doorand casing as the former is closed.

The shaft 33 is'provided with a short rigid I arm 42,- projecting through and adapted to swing horizontally in a horizontal slot 43in post 26, and at each end of and below said slot are openings 46 in the post. To operate shaft. 33 in one direction to close the door and in the reverse di-rection to open it, ahandle 44 is pivoted to the outer end of ar1n42 and normally hangs pendent therefrom. The

of the openings 46 to lock the door open, and adapted to engage the other opening to lock the door closed. When it is desired to operate the. door if locked in either position, the handle is swung' upward to withdraw lug 45 from the-opening 46 with which it is engaged. The handle is then swung to the right or left and therebyturns the shaft.

its lug 45 enters the other opening 46.

- t For the purpose of opening or closing the double door, the following mechanism is provided: 47 is a collar secured on post 26 a suitable distance above arm 42 provided with a pair of spaced notches'48, Journaled upon post 26 and resting upon said collar is a sleeve 49, provided at its vupper end-with a crankarm 50, pivotally connected by a link 51 to bracket 24 of the double door. Near its lower end the sleeve 49 s provided with an outwardly projecting lug 52, to which a handle 53 is pivotally connected for movement in a vertical plane, said handle'having a lug 54, adapted to engage either of the notches 48 of collar 47, and thus lock the double door in closed or open position, it being understood that by raising said handle to a horizontal position.

it can be utilized to rotate sleeve 49 and thus through the connections described swing the door in the desired direction.

handle is provided withalug 45 normally engaging one When the handle is released it swings downward to a pendent position and From the above description it will be ap parent that I have produced a street car and described the preferred embodiment of the invention I do not desire to be restricted tolthe exact details of construction shown and described as obvious modifications will suggest themselves to one skilled in the art.

I claim: 1. A car, comprising a body having a substantially level floor andan end extension or vestibule provided with a side opening,

and .an inclined or sloping floor extending upward from the plane of the bottom of the side opening to the plane of the car floor.

2. A car, comprising a body having a substantially level floor and an end extension or vestibule provided with a side opening,-

an inclined or sloping floor extending upward from the plane of the bottom of the side opening to the plane of the car floor, anda bulk-head projecting inwardly from the left side of the car at therear end of the body thereof. A

3. A car, comprising a body having a substantially level floor and an end extension or vestibule provided with a side opening, a conductors standin the end extension or vestibule, and an inclined or slopingfloor extending upward from the plane of the bottom of the side opening to theplane of the car floor, said inclined orslo'ping floor being bowed with the hollow side of the bow disposed forwardly and to the right.

4. A car", comprising a body having a substantially level floor and an end extension or vestibule provided with a side opening,

a conductors stand in the end extension or vestibule, an inclined or sloping floor extending ,upward from the plane of the bottom'of the side opening to the plane of the car floor, said inclined or sloping floor be stantially level floor andan end extension or vestibule provided with a side opening,

- a conductors stand in the extension or vestibule adjacent to the rear end and in line with the center of the said body, and an inclined or sloping 'fioor extending upward ,from the plane of the bottom of the side opening to the plane of the car floor, and curving around the conductors stand from a point rearward to a point to the left thereof.

6. A car, comprising a body having a substantially level floor and an end extension 7 or vestibule provided with a side opening, a. conductors stand in the extension or vesti- ,plane of the car floor and curving around bule adjacent to the rear end and in line with the center of the said body, an inclined or sloping floor extending upward from the plane of the bottom of thesid'e opening to the plane of the car floor and curving around the conductors stand from a point rearward v to a point to the left thereof, and a suitablysupported railing above and extending around the stand at the rear and left side of the same.

7. A car, comprising a body having a' substantially level floor and an end extension or vestibule provided with a side opening, a conductors stand in the extension or vestibule adjacent to the rear end and in line with the center of the said body, an inclined or sloping floor extending upward from the plane of the bottom of the side opening to the the plane of the car floor and curving around the conductors stand from a point rearward to a point to the leftthereof, a suitably-supported railing above and extending around the stand at the rear and left side of the same, and a bulk-head projecting inwardly from the left side of the car at the rear end of the body thereof.

8. A car, comprising a body having a substantially level floor and an end extension or vestibule provided with a side opening, a conductors stand in the extensionor vestibule adjacent to the rear end and in line with the center of the said body, an inclined or sloping floor extending upward from the plane of the bottom of the side opening to the the conductors stand from a point rearward to a point to the left thereof, a suitably-supported railing above and extending around the stand at .the rear andleft side of the. same, and a step in the extension at the rear end of the body between the conductor stand and said side opening. 9. A carcomprising a body having a substantially level floor and an end extension or vestibule provided with a side opening, an inclined or sloping floor extending upward from the plane of the bottomiof the side opening to the plane of the car floor, and a door controlling access to the depressed end of the inclined or sloping floor through the side opening.

10, A car, comprisingv a body having a substantially level floor and an end extension or vestibule provided with a side opening, a. conductors stand in the end extension or vestibule, an inclined or sloping floor extending upward from the plane of the bottom of the side opening to the plane of the car floor, said inclined or sloping floor being bowed with the hollow side of the bow disposed for-\ wardly and to the right, a door controlling access to the depressed end of the inclined floor through said side opening, and means whereby the conductor on his stand, may 1 open and shut the said door.

11. A car, comprising a body having a substantially level floor and an end extension or vestibule provided with a side opening, a conductors stand in the end extension or vestibule, an inclined orsloping floor extending upward from the plane of the bottom of the side opening to the plane of the car floor, said inclined or sloping floor being bowed with the hollow side of the bow' disposed forwardly and-t0 the right, a door controlling access to the depressed end of the inclined floor through said' side opening, means whereby the conductor on his stand, may

open and shut the said door, and means for locking ,the door in open or closed position.

12. A car, comprising a body having a-substantiallylevel floor and an end extension Copies of, this patent may be obtained for door controlling exit from; the car through said side opening between the end of the body and the first-named door.

13. A car, com rising abody having asu-bstantially level oor and an end extension or vestibule provided with a side opening, a conductors stand in the extension or vestibule adjacent to the rear end and in line with the center of the said body, an inclined or sloping floor extendin upward from the plane of the bottom 0 the side opening to the "plane of the car floor, and curving around the conductors stand from a point rearward to a point to the left thereof, a

door controlling access to the depressed end of the inclined floor through the side opening, a door controlling exit from the car through said side opening between the end of the body and the first-nameddoor, and

independent means whereby the conductor on his stand, may open or close either of said doors.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses. I CHARLES C. CREWSON. Witnesses:

HELEN C. RODGERS, G. Y. THORPE.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

